1. The car sits there while the dust settles, shimmering in the sun. 2. A car was sitting on the side of the road with its lights flashing. 3. At another center in Tarrytown, N.Y., police cars sat at the curb on Wednesday and staff members stopped strangers at the door for identification. 4. At first, I was thoroughly baffled at the way cars would just sit, not moving an inch, when a traffic light turned green. 5. But I knew it would be hard for anybody to beat Steve because his car sat real flat on the track. 6. But it was roundly hailed as an extremely powerful technological marvel when the car was sitting still. 7. Cars generally sit for up to a half-hour before they are waved through, one by one. 8. CSX merely owned the track where the tank car sat and was scheduled to take it to Chattanooga, Tenn. 9. Honking, bleating cars sit bumper to bumper, making a joyous noise unto the lords of commerce and filling the air with oily grit. |